Some Fascinating Stories from the Past  

 
There's  rich local history to be unearthed in the Tamar Valley. Here are just a few interesting but probably lesser-known of it's stories.
 
  Camillo Martinengo   
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  The Earliest Steam Boat  20161130_130823_001jpg

   Thomas Campbell-Bennett   
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  Arthur Bliss (1862-1931)  
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   Philip Scipio   
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   The Tin Tabernacle   
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   The Story of a Gravestone  20200620_132144jpg

The Avocet logo taken from a nameplate designed and executed by Rosie Fierek.